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Accuratissima Brasiliae tabula

Description:

Relief shown pictorially.

North oriented toward left of sheet.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines along margins.

Decorative cartouches (with indigenous figures), compass rose, rhumb lines.

Shows political boundaries, topography, vegetation, waterways, shoals, ports.

Pictorial vignettes of figures (including scene of cannibalism), flora, fauna, ships, sea monster.

2 inset maps: Baya de todos os Sanctos; Villa d'Olinda de Pernambuco.

Appears in Hondius' Mercator-Hondius atlas: L'appendice de l'Atlas de Gérard Mercator et Iudocus Hondius ..., 1633.

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/pj160vc5788

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/pj160vc5788

Language:

lat

Creator:

Hondius, Hendrik, 1597-1651, Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594, and Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664

Publisher:

Henricus Hondius excudit

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Date Issued:

[1633]

Spatial Coverage:

South America and Brazil

Rights:

Images from the The Renaissance Exploration Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

License:

https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false